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As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.\nAbout the Team\nWorkday is strategically expanding into the identity management space to govern access for both employees and AI agents across the enterprise. As enterprise adoption of autonomous agents accelerates, CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs are facing a critical governance challenge: how to manage identity, access, provisioning, lifecycle automation, and least-privilege controls across a combined workforce of people and AI agents.Workday is establishing a specialized Identity team focused on helping enterprise customers modernize identity governance and access management for this new era of work. As a member of our diverse and skilled Identity presales team, you will have the opportunity to communicate and demonstrate the power of Workday's identity governance capabilities, expected to become part of Workday's Agent System of Record, to prospects and customers. This team sits at the exciting intersection of Sales, Product Management, Consulting Services, Marketing, and Value Management, giving you exposure to all areas of the business while helping customers reduce access risk, strengthen compliance, automate identity lifecycle processes, and unlock trusted AI adoption at scale.\nThe Revenue organization at Workday is grounded in integrity, innovation, accountability, and collaboration. We are looking for experienced solution architects who can build trusted executive relationships, shape complex security and identity focused sales cycles, and help accelerate market adoption in a strategic growth area for Workday.\nAbout the Role\nIn this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Workday customers and prospects, crafting the overall identity governance and access management solution strategy to achieve their business objectives. With expertise in identity and security domains and a strong understanding of enterprise SaaS solutions, you will establish yourself as a leader with a valued point of view on how organizations should govern access for both human workers and AI agents.\nYou are comfortable engaging CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, senior technology leaders, security executives, and ecosystem partners, translating complex identity governance, provisioning, access review, least-privilege, lifecycle automation, compliance, and AI governance requirements into clear, compelling solution strategies and executive-level value propositions.\nWhat you’ll do:\nServe as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers on identity governance, authentication, authorization, and access control strategies.\nArchitect and deliver technical solutions spanning IGA, IAM, CIEM, and PAM, mapping business requirements into scalable identity architectures.\nLead workshops, whiteboard sessions, and demos that showcase the business value of identity automation, access governance, and zero trust.\nDesign and implement integration strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong understanding of native identity services, policies, and entitlement models.\nNerd out on protocols and standards like SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, and FIDO2 - and explain them to both engineers and CISOs.\nBuild, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations and workflows using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/automation frameworks.\nStay ahead of industry trends (IGA, CIEM, Just-in-Time access, Zero Trust, identity for machine/non-human accounts) and share thought leadership with internal teams and customers.\nAbout You\nWe are seeking people who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, working directly with customers to understand their needs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance our platform. If you're passionate about identity security, automation, and making access management seamless for enterprises, we'd love to hear from you.\nBasic Qualifications\nEnterprise Architect, Identity\n· 4+ years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA/AI. · 1+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions. Senior Enterprise Architect, Identity · 6+ years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA/AI. · 3+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions. Principal Enterprise Architect, Identity · 8+ years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA/AI. · 5+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions.\nOther Qualifications\nFoundational understanding of authentication, authorization, identity services (Okta, Entra AD, LDAP, Google Workspace), and cloud IAM basics.\nPractical knowledge of directory services (Okta, Entra ID, LDAP, Google Workspace, on-prem AD).\nHands-on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role-based access models, including how to govern them with IGA.\nComfort with GO, APIs, SDKs, JSON/YAML, scripting, and automation, Terraform or similar IaC tools.\nGreat communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nCuriosity about identity security and drive to deepen technical knowledge over time.\nWillingness to travel for customer meetings, partner events, or industry conferences.\nIndustry-recognized certifications (CCSP, CISSP, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)\nYou enjoy building new things and presenting new ideas.\nYou love helping customers understand and solve their access management challenges.\nWorkday Pay Transparency Statement\nThe annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.\nPrimary Location: USA.CA.PleasantonAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $115,500 USD - $173,300 USDAdditional Considerations:\nIf performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $115,500 USD - $173,300 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:\n11/25/2026Our Approach to Flexible Work\nWith Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote \"home office\" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.\nPursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nWorkday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.\nWorkday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. 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